Justice and Human Rights Mexico Project #53813

Un-Prisonment [MEXICO]

by En Vero

Summary

Imagine that you are convicted for a crime that you did not commit... Imagine that you don't have the means to defend yourself and to prove your innocence... Imagine the pain a mother feels when her innocent child has re behind bars for the past 10 years... Who would you turn to? Based on our strong expertise in the field, our project 'Un-Prisonment [MEXICO]' will focus on solving the problem of institutional cruelty and on releasing the wrongfully convicted in Mexico.

$576
total raised

13
donors

0
monthly donors

5
years

Challenge

According to recent statistics, 220,114 individuals are currently incarcerated in Mexico. Among these, 43% are still awaiting their first sentencing. Many detainees in preventive detention have not been proven to have committed the crimes they are charged for. Yet they could spend dozens of years or more behind bars. This ignored crisis makes the world see these victims as perpetrators, which robs them of empathy in addition to their freedom and civil rights and deeply affects their families.

Solution

One major obstacle we face in defending victims of wrongful and deferred convictions is access to their legal files. The project EN VERO is proud to launch will allow us to gain this access and subsequently strengthen our litigation strategies, including sharing our conclusions regarding cases already in our database with trusted top State officials. Half of the funds raised will also be used to cover the costs of medical examinations to prove if these victims were subject to acts of torture.

Long-Term Impact

Our realistic objective is to have 200 innocent individuals (already listed in our database for victims of wrongful convictions in Mexico) to be fully released within the next three years. We also expect to help at least 50 of them obtain reparations from the State for what they and their families have endured during the years of wrongful imprisonment. With 3 to 4 family members around each victim on average, we expect the total amount of beneficiaries to be between 600 and 900.